Windows Live Mesh

The program is available for all devices that support the Microsoft Windows operating system ( Windows Vista , Windows 7 ), Windows Mobile and Mac OS X. Other operating systems, including Linux modifications, are not supported.

The Windows Live Mesh application is included in the Windows Live 2011 Core Components package.

To store files, use a special section of the Microsoft SkyDrive service, which requires a Windows Live account to work with. Each user is allocated 5 GB of disk space on the server, independent of the main storage of Microsoft SkyDrive with a capacity of 7 GB.

Live Mesh additionally provides the ability to remotely manage computer resources, including in multi-monitor configurations.

• Operating system: 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows 7, Windows Vista Service Pack 2 with Platform Update for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and Platform Update for Windows Server 2008.
• Windows Live Mesh requires OS X 10.5 or later to work with Mac.
• Processor: 1.6 GHz or higher
• Memory: 1 GB of RAM or higher
• Resolution: 1024 × 576 minimum
• Internet connection: For online services, you need a dial-up connection or high-speed Internet access (provided separately - you may be charged for local or long-distance calls). High-speed internet access is recommended for some features.

Restrictions

• You can sync folders on external hard drives with Windows Live Mesh. When disconnecting a hard disk containing synchronized folders, you should reconnect to the synchronized folder when the hard disk is reconnected.
• You can synchronize up to 200 folders containing up to 100,000 files in each folder.
• Mesh can be connected to file managers as a network drive ^[3] .
• If Mesh detects multiple versions of the same file, all versions of the file will be saved in a folder. Files will be renamed, with the addition of the name of the computer or user who created or modified the file. To merge files, you need to merge versions by opening each file and merging information.
• It is impossible to synchronize folders and files containing the following characters:
  • asterisk (*)
  • reverse dividing sign (\)
  • colon (:)
  • more-less brackets (<>)
  • question mark (?)
  • division mark (/)
  • vertical line (|)
  • quotes (")

The ideologist of the Live Mesh project was Microsoft Technology Director Ray Ozzie ^[4] .

Beta testing service began April 23, 2008 ^[5] . The initial testing was approved by 10,000 people living in the United States ^{[4] [5]} . With the release of the Core Components of Windows Live 2011, Microsoft has combined Live Mesh and Live Sync.

Service stopped working with 2013 . 02.13 , about which in two months a message was sent to users with a warning about this and about the loss of their data from the specified date. And the proposed transition to another cloud service Microsoft - SkyDrive . The capabilities of the latter are already the capabilities of Windows Live Mesh.

• Opera Unite

• Official site (eng.)
• Official Live Mesh Mobile Forum on Microsoft
• Live Mesh: Microsoft's new file-sharing service.
• Microsoft Live Mesh: up to date information anytime, anywhere.
• Information in the Microsoft Solution Center